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Cushing Park, Delafield Wis.

1863 Cushing & the Civil War- At the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War in 1863, Delafield native First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing fell at the young age of 22. It was in on Memorial Day in 1915, Cushing Memorial Park was dedicated and monument erected to honor Alonzo as well as his two heroic brothers, William and Howard Cushing. Today, almost 150 years later, the U.S. Army approved the nomination to consider a Metal of Honor award for Alonzo Cushing in response his actions on the battlefield that fateful day. With congressional approval, Cushing would become the 22nd person to receive the Metal of Honor from the Civil War.ï»¿